romney lost. the house is still republican. everybody knows where they stand. the last year and a half or so has been heavily political. we have a brief window in the american politics to get something right. there's a feeling on all sides it's not good for the futures of any of these political leaders to not have a deal. there's one other important piece to remember here. unlike some other occasion not necessarily the one you mentioned, congress has to do something or we go over this cliff. so the usual congress modus operandi of doing nothing doesn't work. they have to do something. the hope is doing something they will do something big, something bold and something constructive. >> the whole reason we're facing this cliff is congress tried to put something in place that would force action that would force decision stocks made. it's interesting you bring up the point there's a difference between tax cuts and deficit cutting. what do businesses want to see and what would help hiring in this country, help the stock market in this country? >> this is an importan